Saw filing device



July 4, 1950 c. PERRY 2,513,67

SAW FILING DEVICE Filed Nov. 8, 1949 2 sheets-sheet 1 INVENTOR.

l.Iuly 4, 1950 c. PERRY 2,513,671

sAw FILING DEVICE:

Filed Nov. a, 1949 2 sheets-sheet 2 33 :u 30 f v 29 ul-lilllllmy'l IN VEN TOR.

I B @6a/fence m /w 6M Patented July 4, 1950 slaan UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,513,671 SAW FILING DEVICE Clarence Perry, Santa Ana', Calif. Application November 8, 1949, Serial No. 126,127

3 Claims. (C1. 7631) This invention relates in general to tool-holders and guides, and more particularly relates to a device for holding and guiding a lile in the operation of making or sharpening a saw. Reference is made to my Patent No. 2,460,189, issued January 25, 1949, for a saw-ijle holder and guide, the present invention being an improvement on the device disclosed in said patent in that it requires no special type of saw-table support for its operation and application, but may. be set up on an ordinary table or work-bench and may be used with equal effectiveness to dress either straight or circular saws.

While the above-mentioned characteristic of my present invention may be stated as a principal object thereof, a further object of the invention is to provide a filing device which holds the saw-blade as well as the iile to be applied thereto, and in such a manner that momentary release of pressure upon the file releases the sawblade for movement to a new position, thus p ermitting rapid application of the iile to any series of saw-teeth requiring like treatment.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a le guide capable of holding files of various shapes and of applying such les in a wide range of planes and angles by convenient and simple adjustment mechanism, whereby time may be saved in adjusting the device for filing teeth requiring diverse treatments.

Yet another object of the invention is to provide a saw ling device in which a saw may be held in a manner effective for setting the saw teeth and may be rapidly moved to permit accurate setting of one tooth after another.

In terms of broad inclusion, I have accomplished the foregoing objects and purposes of my invention by embodying therein saw-clamping mechanism having one clamping arm adapted to be secured to the edge of a bench or table and a second clamping arm, pivoted on the first-mentioned arm, arranged to fall by gravity thereagainst so that the arms may hold a saw blade between them, the first-mentioned arm including adjustable means for holding blades of diverse radius or width at the proper relative elevation. A le-holder track is mounted on the second, or pivoted arm by universal joint means so as to be pivotable independently of said second arm and so as to be clamped in any position permitted by the joint. A ille-holder carrier is manually reciprocable on the track, and may consequently approach at any desired angle a saw blade clamped between the arms, the track at the same time serving as a lever to enhance the clamping force upon the blade. A nie-holder, adapted to hold either flat or three-cornered files, is swivelly held in the carrier, permitting any surface of the le to be brought to bear upon the saw-teeth. The carrier is arranged to have a certain normal guided relationship to the track, for the benefit of unskilled operators, but also to be rockable on the track so that the inclination of the file may be varied by a skilled operator without resort to the clamped adjustments. Means are also provided for backing the saw,- blade to dampen vibration during the filing process, which are suitably arranged and formed for backing the saw-blade during the process of setting the teeth.

The invention possesses other advantages and useful purposes which will become apparent from consideration of the following more specicl description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings illustrative of that embodil ment, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved saw ling device, showing it attached to a work bench and holding a circular-type saw in position for ling;

Figure 2 is a side elevational View of the ille carrier portion of my device;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the le carrier;

Figure 4 is a transversel sectional view taken on the plane of section indicated by the line 4-4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the plane of section indicated by the line 5-5 of Figure 3, showing rocker slides on which the file-carrier moves;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the saw clamp and le carrier track of my device, the le carrier being removed;

Figure 7 is a view from below of the mechanism shown in Figure 6.;

Figure 8 is a side elevational view of the mechanism shown in Figure 6, illustrating the pivotal` action of the clamping mechanism;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 7, illustrating vertical pivotal movement of the iile holder track independent of movement of the clamping mechanism; and

Figure 10 is a horizontal sectional view, on the plane of section indicated by the line IIJ-I0 of Figure 9, showing the adjustable action of the backing means. v

Having reference now to the details of the drawings, I have ,shown in .Figure la saw filing device embodying the principles of my invention in which the device has a stationary bracket l2 3 which may be secured to the edge of a tableor bench I3 by screw clamps I4 and plate I5. Bracket arms I6, at the sides of the bracket body I2, extend upwardly above the plate l5 and an arm I'I extends downwardly, to form with the face of the bracket body I2 a at surface I8 against which a saw-blade I9 may be pressed. The downwardly extending arm II has a vertical slot 20 in which a bolt 2| is slidable. The bolt 2| has a wing-head 22 by which it may easily be turned in a nut 23 guided in a recess 24 on the rearward side of the l arm II, and supports a sleeve 25 which may be clamped by the bolt at desired elevations along The sleeve 25 may be selected. of. `suitable diameter to t the shaft-hole of a cirthe slot 20.

cular saw, and it, or its equivalent, may" also be used to support a straight saw'by-.theback edge j thereof.

A second bracket 28 is pivotally mounted on`the bracket I2 so as to be capable of clamping a saw preferably, -for reasons hereinafter-set forth-,- not in selected rotary orientation by a set-screw 52. The le-holder 5I in turn has a bore 53 adapted to receive a le 54, the le being held firmly in the bore 53 by a set-screw 55. As herein illustrated, the le 5d is a triangular file, but a square le may obviously be held in the bore 53 with equal facility. O-ne end '56 of the le holder 5I extends outwardly from the bore 48 and has an annular flange 51 which engages with the outer shoulder of the bore 48, and carries an angular l scale 58 indicative of the rotatory orientation of .the file-holder.

To accommodate a at le, the

t 'end 55 has a transverse slot 59 in which the blade yLof Aa fiat' le may be fitted, the shank of the file thenextending into the bore 53 and being engagedbytheset-screw 55.

33 and having pivotal actionuponthe horizontal axis provided by the bolt 33 when' the latter is Y loosened. 'JP-lugs Adll, of leather oriother sui-table material, are 'inserted lin suitable holes in ythe face Yof -the cross-member-S-Z adjacentthe `surf ace I8, to provide raised friction vsurfaces-'engageable with the side-'Off the saw-blade I9.- hookedends 3i) of Lthe-arms 29 permit the bracket 28 "to hang by sgravity vslightly -space'dvfrom the' bracket I2, With the plugs 3d extendingaacrossthe 'I intervening space te impose -a Vlightfrictional Aresistanceto movementorthe blade ISS. The brac-k- The cross-member 32 has a broad lupper s-urface '35 upon which r-a lever 5.1 is Jpivotally mounted. The lever' 3! has'a pivotpin 38 -a-t its proximal end, :eng-ageable #in a hole-3-9--in Ath'e- The ets I2 'and 28 thereby-cooperate-as--gravitational- `ly-operated clam-ping arms,-but, as -will'be-se'en, subject to appl'icationof much greater clam-ping cross-member 32, and has a screw MJ-setinf-a l' boss 4I and slidingly enga-geable man arcuate slot 42 in the cross-member 132. -A1wing-nutl43 on thelscrew itil, v`below the cross-member 32,

`serves Jto` `clampihe lever' in -selected angular relationship to the saw-blade +5 in 'the plane of the surface 36 as shown in Figure 6, the-relation-` surface -35 'may 'be altered Vin rangular relationtov the blade yby tilting the `bracket`28'upon the hinge pins 5I, as -shown in Figure 8.jor by "tiltirr'githe cross-member 32 upon the hinge-bolti as Ashown `deep as to communicate 'therewithQ the le'canrier 46 has circumferential grooves 'ltfeach pro-'1" vid'ing spaced flanges 53 'to-stradd'lje the rail d1 and to guide the -le'f'carrier irireciprocating' movementl alongthe rail.' The bore "58 'holdsa cylindrical -f1le-hold`er 5I which may -beretained l to provide -depth Li'orth'e hole.

Y ,As -shovvn in rFigure 5, the bottom or Web surfacesV of the grooves 49 are not straight, the grooves being of shallower depth toward that side of the file-carrier 456 from which the leho'lderz] protrudesand thereprovi'dingislide.surfaces 64I 'parallel'to'thaaxis :of the rbore '6:3 *and spaced relatively awi'dely from the there, .as compare'd to :slide surf-aces 52 .at the edeeper :end '.of the grooves. kThe .shoulders .63 at lthe Linteri'or endsfcf the .slide surfaces SI Lare :rounded and provide rocker surfaces 4on which the fiile .carrier may `be rocked 'upon the mail M.. A:It will vbe ;ob served V.that kthe file-carrierlt is `.symmetrical its arrangement, epermitting it `to Iride fthe Trail el with ieitherfgronved uppermost,zand thelangle of pattack rof za three-.cornered le inlay lhus be changed by simply turning the leacarr'rer over, without-ehangingthe :orientationofthe fileholderd relatively toith'e bore 68. IOpposit'esides of '.a flat Tile may bev used successively without pausing .to vicl'eafn idling' therefrom. u

.A backing blockl :is mounted .upon the Vplate I 5 fservinfg dzhe adoubilefpurpose of .dampening vi- ;brationfrora fsaw-'olade awhile the Alatter is being led', and Loizproviding faresistance,zagainstwhich a saw Lblad'e mag/'bemammeredduring'.theprocess of setting the teeth. The block :Se is :pi-votally secured to lthe plate'l 5 by a `bolt 5l loperating in a slot-*5S in -the block andaengaging a .threaded hole L55 Lin :the platewhich :may have a Ab'oss i0 nOr1e-end-o`f the block .'66 h-as la raised trianvgd-lar'lboss or iin 'II, providing -the :block with aforwardfedge l12. The hole 69 and the hole iW'h-ich-thetraok :lever 3l pivots are on an r:align-rnenit normal to-the plane 2in', which vthe ysaw blade @I9 is clamped, and-the slot 53 Lperrnits l'I'.'hebl'ock to -be clamped W'rth theonwardfedge 12 :af'tra #moderate distance Vfrom this alignment andon-either sid'ethereoff and-in contact`-with the-saw-'blade Whenta 'saw ispto 3be filed or set, the v'bla-de F9 is supported on verticallyadfjustable sleeve 25 with v@its tee-thapproximately in the `vertical Ii-ngftheiiil'e traiokrnay beset at vvsi-.n'tajb'le ver'- tical 4and :horizontal angles by adjustmentjof'the inclination of Athe.. cross-member 32jand *by a'd-v ju'stment l of *the pivotal `setting of the :lever "31 upon thecross-memioer. 32,. The angle' of attack of' the lfile'surf ace isadjustedby suitable orientationof the 'file l`ho'lrl'erl jin the AcarrierA d'5. The

le -will tiren follow truly upon Vthe course 'so set when' the carrier is manually 'reciprocated Aupon n ingJ -car-rieron -t'he rocker-shoulder 53. ex-pertwill also Jn'n`:l-t-l1e rocker shoulder "G3 use* ful in making slight changes in the path of the iile without changing the inclination of the crossmember 32.

Duringthe above-described ling operation, the saw-blade may be rapidly unclamped for advancement to another tooth by simply raising the lever 31. Downward pressure upon the lever 31 firmly holds the saw-blade in place while the file is being reciprocated.

During a tooth-setting operation the carrier 46 and the le may be lifted from the rail 41, and the side of the lever 31 lhayube used to guide the stroke of a suitable setting hammer. The lever will be raised and lowered as above described to permit advancement of the saw blade as the teeth are set.

It will be understood that the foregoing description and the illustrations herewith are to be taken as examples of my invention and that Various changes in arrangement and construction of the several parts of my improved saw ling device may be made without departure from the scope and spirit of my invention as set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a saw iiling device: cooperating clamping arms pivotally joined and adapted to grasp a saw blade; track means pivotally carried by one of said arms so as to be directable at diverse angles to said blade and at a specic zone with respect to said arms; a ile carrier adapted for reciprocating movement along said track means; a backing block carried by the other of said arms adjacent said specic zone; and slot and stud means pivotally connecting said backing block to said other arm whereby said backing block may be moved into contact with said blade at positions in a zone substantially coextensive with said specific zone and on the side of said blade opposite to the side at which said track is directed.

2. In a saw ling device, in combination with a track for guiding a file-carrier and a iile carried thereby towards and away from a saw blade; a

manually operated file carrier having a bore, and spaced walls parallel to said bore for engaging the sides of said track, and slide surfaces between said walls for engaging the face of said track, said slide surfaces having portions spaced relatively widely from the axis of said bore and other porv tions spaced more closely to said axis and rocker surfaces conecting said widely spaced and said closely spaced portions whereby said carrier may be held at a iixed inclination to said track or may be rocked thereon; and means for retaining a le rigidly in said bore.

3. In a saw-filing device: a bracket having upwardly extending arms; means on said bracket for supporting a saw-blade; arms pivotally depending from the upper ends of the arms of said bracket; a cross-member pivotally mounted between said depending arms, said cross-member and said depending arms being arranged as a unit to engage said blade in opposition to said bracket; a lever extending outwardly from said cross-member and operative by downward pressure to clamp said blade between said bracket and the unit formed by said depending arms and said cross-member; track means extending lengthwise of said lever; a tile-carrier engageable on said track means for reciprocating movement thereon; and means for clamping said crossmember in relation to said depending arms so as to secure said track means at selected angles of inclination toward said blade.

CLARENCE PERRY.

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